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NHG-P.768.024
17 Jun 1768:22,23 (610)
London, April 26. A certain gentleman at Poplar, the friend
of the patriotic Wilkes, had last Tuesday a very elegant
dinner; the company consisted of 45 gentlemen; at 45 minutes
past one, there was drank 45 gills of wine, with 45 new-laid
eggs in them; precisely at 45 minutes past two, a very
genteel dinner was served up, being five courses, nine
dishes each, which made the No. 45--In the middle of the
table the figures 45 were inlaid with mother of pearl, on
which was placed a noble surloin of beef, weighing 45
pounds, the table cloth and plates were marked 45, on the
back of every chair those figures were carved, and exactly
25 gilt nails in a chair, which, with the 20, on each
person's hands and feet, made up the number of nails in
every chair 45--the whole concluded with a ball in the
evening, when 45 ladies entered the room, then the dances
immediately began, and each lady was saluted at the end of
every dance, which were nine minutes, nine Rigadoons, nine
Cotillons, and 18 country dances, being in the whole
45--after the ladies had been kissed round 45 times, and 45
couple of jellies were eaten, the company retired with great
mirth and festivity, at 45 minutes past 3 o'clock.--Ledger.
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